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Do I need to say anything about these guys? They need no introduction, they still have it and they still entertain crowds all over the world. They even make guys jizz their pants with their musicianship! So I'll just get straight to the technical bits.

The sound guy did what he could with the fact that this was an open-air venue - a football stadium using only one half. The weather was unbearably cold and I froze my arse off because I neglected to consider wearing my fleece jacket over my fleece top which would've had the lapels I needed to clip my mics on as usual!

The bass was a bit on the heavy side but I think I managed to tame it enough without losing the raw energy of the gig. Dave's vocals were poorly mixed with him often disappearing among the powerful axe of Eddie. Even the snare drum lacked a bit of cutting power. If anything, I caught the last 30 minutes of Aerosmith before Van Halen's set and they actually had a better mix! Still, I think I managed to polish this recording up as best as I could, including filtering out most of the fireworks explosions from another nearby venue as well as some overexuberant clappers in the audience.

I only have one bit of advice for this C-grade recording (I give it a B) ... it's mastered to be played LOUD. I can imagine Van Halen at a volume of less than 11 and neither should you. Just saying.

As always please, don't sell this bootleg, otherwise you're just plain old scum. That and Diamond Dave will erupt all over your face.

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first of all, thank you for putting this up. secondly, i can't get it to work. not sure if my computer is blocking it or something but when i click download some Kovia thing comes up and also a video keeps coming up.

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